Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
After admitting that he killed his aunt, defendant, Carlos Izquierdo-Flores, was charged by indictment with second-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-2(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2000)). More than 120 days after defendant filed a speedy trial demand on the original charges, the State filed a second indictment charging first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 2000)) and sought leave to nol-pros the second-degree murder...
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